lakelake /leɪk/ ●●● S3 W3 noun 
Word Origin
Lake Michigan2wine/milk etc lake British English a very large amount of wine, milk etc that has been produced but is not needed or used → mountainGRAMMAR: Patterns with lakein the lake• You use in the lake to talk about things that happen in the water: · You can swim in the lake.· Are there any fish in the lake?on the lake• You use on the lake to talk about things that happen on the surface of a lake or are very close to the edge of a lake: · We go sailing on the lake.· They have a cottage on the lake.at the lake• You use at the lake when thinking of a lake as a place where you can go: · We spend summers at the lake.· There’s a café at the lake.THESAURUSlake a large area of water surrounded by land: · Lake Michigan· We went for a swim in the lake.lagoon an area of water that is separated from the sea by rocks, sand, or coral: · a tropical lagoon· coastal lagoonsloch in Scotland, a lake or an area of sea water that is almost completely surrounded by land: · Loch Ness· a sea lochreservoir a lake, especially an artificial one, where water is stored before it is supplied to people’s houses: · The reservoirs supply water to Greater Manchester.pond a small area of fresh water that is smaller than a lake, which is either natural or artificially made: · There were several ducks on the village pond.pool a small area of still water in a hollow place: · a pool of water near the summit of the mountain· a rockpool (=a pool in some rocks near the sea)puddle a very small area of water on the ground, especially after it has been raining: · She turned quickly to avoid stepping in a puddle.waterhole a small area of water in a dry country, where wild animals go to drink: · The waterhole is used by elephants.
Word OriginWORD ORIGINlake
ExamplesOrigin:
1200-1300 Old French lac, from Latin lacusEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Lake Erie
- In the summer, we go water skiing on the lake.
THESAURUS► lake
Collocations a large area of water surrounded by land: · Lake Michigan· We went for a swim in the lake.
► lagoon an area of water that is separated from the sea by rocks, sand, or coral: · a tropical lagoon· coastal lagoons
► loch in Scotland, a lake or an area of sea water that is almost completely surrounded by land: · Loch Ness· a sea loch
► reservoir a lake, especially an artificial one, where water is stored before it is supplied to people’s houses: · The reservoirs supply water to Greater Manchester.
► pond a small area of fresh water that is smaller than a lake, which is either natural or artificially made: · There were several ducks on the village pond.
► pool a small area of still water in a hollow place: · a pool of water near the summit of the mountain· a rockpool (=a pool in some rocks near the sea)
► puddle a very small area of water on the ground, especially after it has been raining: · She turned quickly to avoid stepping in a puddle.
► waterhole a small area of water in a dry country, where wild animals go to drink: · The waterhole is used by elephants.
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noungrassland, nounGrecian, adjectivegreen belt, noungrid, noungrotto, noungroundwater, noungulch, noungulf, noungully, nounhead, nounheadland, nounheadwaters, nounheartland, nounhemisphere, nounhighland, adjectivehighlands, nounhigh water mark, nounhinterland, nounHome Counties, the, homeland, nounhurricane, noun-i, suffixIberian, adjectiveiceberg, nounice cap, nounice floe, nounice pack, nounice sheet, nouninhabitant, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninner city, nouninshore, adverbinsular, adjectiveintercontinental, adjectiveInternational Date Line, nounisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounisobar, nounIsraeli, adjectiveIsraeli, nounisthmus, nounItalian, adjectiveItalianate, adjectiveItalo-, prefixJapanese, adjectivekey, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandmass, nounlandslide, nounlandslip, nounlat., Latin, adjectiveLatin America, nounLatin American, adjectivelatitude, nounlevee, nounlittoral, nounlong., longitude, nounlongitudinal, adjectivelough, nounlowlands, nounlow-lying, adjectivelow water mark, nounmagnetic north, nounmagnetic pole, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmeander, verbMediterranean, adjectiveMercator projection, nounmeridian, nounmesa, nounMiddle America, nounmidtown, adjectivemonsoon, nounmoorland, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudslide, nounmull, nounnarrows, nounnavigation, nounNE, neck, nounnor'-, prefixnorth, nounnorth, adjectivenorth, adverbNorth America, nounnortheast, nounnortheast, adjectivenortheasterly, adjectivenortheastern, adjectivenortheastwards, adverbnortherly, adjectivenorthern, adjectivenortherner, nounnorthernmost, adjectivenorthwards, adverbnorthwest, nounnorthwest, adjectivenorthwesterly, adjectivenorthwestern, adjectivenorthwestwards, adverbnotch, nounNW, NZ, oasis, nounoccidental, nounocean, nounonshore, adjectiveopenness, nounOrdnance Survey map, nounoriental, adjectiveoutcrop, nounoverspill, nounpack ice, nounpaddy, nounpalisade, nounpan-, prefixpanhandle, nounparallel, nounpeak, nounpeninsula, nounPersian, adjectivephysical geography, nounplain, nounplateau, nounpoint, nounpolar, adjectivepole, nounpolitical geography, nounpollutant, nounpop., populate, verbpopulation, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounprecipitation, nounPrime Meridian, principality, nounprojection, nounpromontory, nounprovince, nounprovincial, adjectivepueblo, nounR, rainfall, nounrain forest, nounrain gauge, nounrainstorm, nounrange, nounravine, nounreef, nounreference, nounregion, nounregional, adjectiverelief map, nounreservoir, nounresettle, verbresidential, adjectiveresource, nounridge, nounrift valley, nounrise, verbriver, nounriver basin, nounriver bed, nounRoman, adjectiverotation, nounrugged, adjectiverun-off, nounrural, adjectivesand, nounsand bar, nounsandstorm, nounsandy, adjectivesavanna, nounScandinavian, nounscar, nounscarp, nounscree, nounscrubland, nounSE, seaboard, nounsea breeze, nounseafront, nounsea level, nounseaport, nounseaward, adjectivesection, nounsemitropical, adjectiveshelf, nounslough, nounsmog, nounsnowfield, nounsource, nounsouth, nounsouth, adjectivesouth, adverbSouth America, adjectivesoutheast, nounsoutheast, adjectivesoutheasterly, adjectivesoutheastern, adjectivesoutheastwards, adverbsoutherly, adjectivesouthern, adjectivesouthernmost, adjectivesouthwards, adverbsouthwest, nounsouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivesouthwestern, adjectivesouthwestwards, adverbspeleology, nounspit, nounspur, nounstrait, nounsubcontinent, nounsubtropical, adjectivesuburb, nounsuburban, adjectivesummit, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbSW, swamp, nountableland, nounterrain, nounterritory, nountidal, adjectivetidal wave, nountidewater, nountime zone, nountop, nountopography, nountor, nountornado, nountown, nountown centre, nountowpath, nountrack, nountract, nountrade route, nountrail, nountransatlantic, adjectivetranscontinental, adjectivetributary, nountropic, nountropical, adjectivetundra, nountyphoon, nounUK, the, uncharted, adjectiveup, adverbup-country, adjectiveuplands, nounupper, adjectiveupriver, adverbupstate, adjectiveupstream, adverbuptown, adverburban, adjectiveurbanized, adjectiveurban renewal, nounurban sprawl, nounUS, the, adjectivevalley, nounW, warm front, nounwaste, adjectivewasteland, nounwater, verbwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwaterfront, nounwaterhole, nounwatering place, nounwater meadow, nounwatershed, nounwater table, nounwaterway, nounweather vane, nounwest, nounwest, adjectiveWest, nounwestern, adjectiveWesterner, nounwesternmost, adjectivewestward, adverbwilderness, nounwolds, nounzoning, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► artificial
Phrases· A £16.1m dam will hold back a 2.6-mile-long artificial lake to be known as the Roadford Reservoir.· In Texas and Oklahoma, between 1940 and 1975, some-thing like eight million acres of land were submerged by artificial lakes.· In this case the defendant for many years had been in possession of some artificial ornamental lakes formed by damming up a natural stream.· The whole spreading fortress was surrounded not just by a moat, but by a deep artificial lake.
► beautiful· The dining-room overlooks gardens and the beautiful lake, and a weekly buffet is arranged.· Then hiking 3 miles on a trail with beautiful lake views and not seeing another hiker?· He is said to have built his palace next to a beautiful lake, now called Emperor's Lake.· Many rooms have balconies and most enjoy beautiful lake views.· The hotel can be found in its own extensive grounds alongside a beautiful lake.· A beautiful lake is inhabited by many species of waterfowl and the delightful formal gardens include herb and sculpture gardens.· But the city's beautiful Ranmal lake, which surrounds the small Lakhota Palace, is dry.· Three miles out from Scheffau is the beautiful Hintersteinersee lake, where you can swim, picnic or just enjoy the scenery.
► deep· Drift-Beating Shot Pattern I am having difficulty holding a large waggler still on a 11 foot deep lake when it's windy.· In later poets there are various entrances to it from the earth through caverns and beside deep lakes.· Close by is a fabulous network of caves, filled with deep lakes of clear blue water.· Dry desert gave way to blue lagoons full of water lilies, palm trees, islands and deep blue lakes.· The whole spreading fortress was surrounded not just by a moat, but by a deep artificial lake.
► freshwater· But more than most places it specialises in wildfowl, because it boasts a number of freshwater lakes and ponds.· Breeds by freshwater streams and lakes and sheltered inlets of the sea; in winter mainly by fresh water.
► frozen· Unless you fall into a frozen lake or get left on the mountainside overnight, this will not happen to you.· The contrast with her exhilaration on the frozen lake had come so swiftly.· Time and again it nearly cost us our life and that night, on the frozen lake, was no different.
► great· One contained a great still lake, and they crossed it along a rock-bridge that sprang dizzily from wall to wall.· With its great lakes and long coast line, the continent was, it seemed, ideally suited to the flying boat.· Instead we did the trail just south of Reykjahlid, climbing a lava mound overlooking the great lake.· The depression around the breakwater already resembled a great lake, full of swirling whirlpools.· There was a great lake and on it were flamingos like the ones you see every day on Three Island Pond.· Here were a people with more than 100,000 archers living alongside a great lake, possibly identified as the Caspian Sea.
► high· Dusk broods, begins to settle but here, up high, a lake of last light trembles round her.· These may correspond to a period of high lake levels found elsewhere in the rift.· The hotel was high above the lake itself, with a fabulous view.· Vertical dashed lines enclose periods of contemporaneous high lake levels and elevated geothermal activity on rift volcanoes.
► large· Rutland Water is a large man-made lake situated just east of Oakham.· Near to large rivers and lakes, fishing would always have been a major activity, particularly for salmon and the ubiquitous eels.· This is an area of low wooden hills and a large man made lake is the principal attraction.· Carp are capable of growing and thriving in both small and large lakes.
► small· It looks on to a pretty ordered garden with a small lake, large terrace, and summer pavilion.· In wooded recesses were numberless springs of pure water and numerous small lakes.· I have taken my colouring for Sample 3 from a photograph of a stormy sky over a small lake at dusk.· Rechtauk was situated between the river and a small sweet-water lake.· These effects are particularly strong on small lakes.· Kirchberg has a small lake which is excellent for both swimming and boating.· In the middle of Reykjavik is a small lake called Lake Tjörnin which has become a centre piece to the city.· Carp are capable of growing and thriving in both small and large lakes.
NOUN► view· Twin rooms are at the front with lake view, singles overlook the main road.· Then hiking 3 miles on a trail with beautiful lake views and not seeing another hiker?· All rooms are twin bedded with a shower and loo; some are available with a lake view.· Even the lake view was nice.· Twins have lake view and balcony.· Bedrooms have a lake view, and twins have a balcony.· Twin rooms have side lake view.
► water· Once melted they left basins to fill with lake water.· Additionally, many people report stomach upsets, ear infections and rashes after coming into contact with the lake water.· The lake water is saturated with gypsum, the material used for plaster of Paris.· I stand up, as casually as a man can who has been kneeling in snow drinking lake water.· The lake water was clear and cool, not cold.· For dish washing, two plastic containers were filled with lake water, one with soap and the other for rinsing.· They were grey, the iris rimmed with black, and had the clarity of lake water.· Mussels were handled gently and kept at lake temperature in ambient lake water during measurement.
VERB► fill· This crater often gets filled with lakes of lava which remain molten for amazingly long periods.· Sedimentrich runoff from logging, road building and real estate development has been filling the lake with nitrogen and phosphorous.· The tidal reach of the sea fills the lake so that at all times the water is brackish.· Once melted they left basins to fill with lake water.· Give it time and it would fill the lake all by itself, just with its song.· For dish washing, two plastic containers were filled with lake water, one with soap and the other for rinsing.· It would have filled in the lake that had always separated their tiny island from the mainland.
► find· Wetland sites include all those found in lakes, swamps, marshes, fens, and peat bogs.· On occasion he found himself scanning the lake, throttling down as he passed bleak islands of rock and pine.· Oil has been found under both lakes, for example, and at least one company would like to drill for it.· They come in two forms, sometimes found in the same lake.· Two engines were found in a lake nine miles from the disaster area.· Read in studio Voice over Detectives have started a murder investigation after part of a human torso was found in a lake.
► overlook· Brookes ALaCarte Restaurant overlooking the lake.· The remote Sylvan Lake Lodge overlooks a striking man-made lake and spruce forest.· The hotel features a lovely dining room overlooking the lake, where the view can truly be described as spectacular.· The hotel has a terrace overlooking the lake where you can enjoy delicious cakes and ice cream.· Instead we did the trail just south of Reykjahlid, climbing a lava mound overlooking the great lake.· It is an imposing hotel, set in extensive gardens and overlooking the lake and the Borromean islands.· Mungo reached the fence overlooking the lake and the barrow at 4.25.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► wine/milk etc lakePHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► drag a lake/river etc► (go) jump in a lake!
1[countable] a large area of water surrounded by land: - The food is dumpling-based, substantial, and it would be kinder to draw a veil over the indigenous wine lake.
- Police were still dragging lakes all over the Catskills.
Lake Michigan2wine/milk etc lake British English a very large amount of wine, milk etc that has been produced but is not needed or used → mountainGRAMMAR: Patterns with lakein the lake• You use in the lake to talk about things that happen in the water: · You can swim in the lake.· Are there any fish in the lake?on the lake• You use on the lake to talk about things that happen on the surface of a lake or are very close to the edge of a lake: · We go sailing on the lake.· They have a cottage on the lake.at the lake• You use at the lake when thinking of a lake as a place where you can go: · We spend summers at the lake.· There’s a café at the lake.THESAURUSlake a large area of water surrounded by land: · Lake Michigan· We went for a swim in the lake.lagoon an area of water that is separated from the sea by rocks, sand, or coral: · a tropical lagoon· coastal lagoonsloch in Scotland, a lake or an area of sea water that is almost completely surrounded by land: · Loch Ness· a sea lochreservoir a lake, especially an artificial one, where water is stored before it is supplied to people’s houses: · The reservoirs supply water to Greater Manchester.pond a small area of fresh water that is smaller than a lake, which is either natural or artificially made: · There were several ducks on the village pond.pool a small area of still water in a hollow place: · a pool of water near the summit of the mountain· a rockpool (=a pool in some rocks near the sea)puddle a very small area of water on the ground, especially after it has been raining: · She turned quickly to avoid stepping in a puddle.waterhole a small area of water in a dry country, where wild animals go to drink: · The waterhole is used by elephants.